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Community Uses on Unpaved Streets

Empowering communities

Portland has about 60 miles of unpaved, dirt and gravel streets within the city limits. While the City does not maintain these unimproved streets, some residents have taken the initiative to create garden plots, rest areas and other community uses in these public spaces.

In 2013 Mayor Charlie Hales directed the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) to gather community input on how the City can enable such community uses on streets. Starting Oct. 19, students from a Portland State University civic leadership class will be going door-to-door on behalf of the City in the Cully and Outer SE Division neighborhoods to gather ideas and gauge public interest in areas that have concentrations of unimproved streets.